Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 16:43:45 +0100 From: Johan Karlsson <k@numeri.campus.luth.se> To: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in man page or ldconfig default behavoir? Message-ID: <200102071543.f17Fhkb14093@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:30:42 EST." <028901c0911a$ef1e6e20$711663cf@icarz.com>
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At Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:30:42 EST, "Ken Menzel" wrote: > Hi, > I have couple of questions regarding ldconfig. First according to > the manual in -stable > -R Rescan the previously configured directories. This opens > the > previous hints file and fetches the directory list from > the head- > er. Any additional pathnames on the command line are > also pro- > cessed. This is the default action when no parameters > are given. > However try to add a new directory such as "ldconfig > /usr/local/lib/mysql" and all the other directorys go away as > evidenced by "ldconfig -r". However "ldconfig -R > /usr/local/lib/mysql" does add the library properly. If -R is the > default behavior why is the behavoir different with -R! Is the man > page incorrect or does ldconfig have the wrong default behavior or am > I confused? (I am confused anyway!). Hi You are giving ldconfig a parameter in your first example namle "/usr/local/lib/mysql", hence it does not use -R if you do not tell it to. Try just "ldconfig" and see the result. /Johan K To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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